Minutes before his last episode aired, he said in a video: "Hello everyone, just a quick message. I wanted to say a few words because my last episode of EastEnders is going on air in 10 minutes.

"I just wanted to say thank you really, thank you to everyone who's been supporting me during my time on EastEnders.

"To the fan groups and all the collages they've done and the videos. You know everyone on here on Instagram and Twitter - on all social media that's really documented my time on there and I really appreciate it."

EastEnders continues tonight on BBC One at 8pm.

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